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Occupational Therapy Assistant Technology - A.A.S. Program Requirements PDFDownload to print

Attribute Legend: KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core requirements.

DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE  (1 credit)
Attribute Course Title Credits Min. Grade
  US 10097 Destination Kent State: First Year Experience 1 1 C
MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (37-39 credits)  Courses count in major GPA1
Attribute Course Title Credits Min. Grade
  OCAT 10000 Foundations in Occupational Therapy 2 C
  OCAT 10001 Occupational Therapy Practice Skills II 2 3 C
  OCAT 10002 Therapeutic Techniques I-Psychosocial 2 4 C
  OCAT 10003 Occupational Therapy Practice Skills Lab 2 1 C
  OCAT 10010 Professionalism in Healthcare 2 1 C
  OCAT 10092 Therapeutic Techniques-Fieldwork 1A 2 1 C
  OCAT 20000 Therapeutic Techniques II-Physical Dysfunction 2 4 C
  OCAT 20001 Professional Issues in Occupational Therapy 2 2 C
  OCAT 20003 Occupational Therapy Practice Skills III 2 3 C
  OCAT 20004 Therapeutic Techniques III-Developmental Disabilities 2 3 C
  OCAT 20006 Therapeutic Techniques IV-Physical Dysfunction II 2 3 C
  OCAT 20092 Therapeutic Techniques-Fieldwork 1B 2 1 C
  OCAT 20192 Clinical Applications I 2 4 S
  OCAT 20292 Clinical Applications II 2 4 S
  Choose from the following: 1-4 C
  OCAT 10004 Occupational Therapist Assistant Terminology (1)    
  OCAT 21095 Special Topics in Occupational Therapist Assistant Technology (1-4)    
  OCAT 21096 Individual Investigation in Occupational Therapist Assistant Technology (1-4)    
ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (31 credits)
Attribute Course Title Credits Min. Grade
KBS BSCI 11010 Foundational Anatomy and Physiology I  3 3 C
KBS BSCI 11020 Foundational Anatomy and Physiology II 3 3 C
  NURS 20950 Human Growth and Development 3 C
KSS PSYC 11762 General Psychology 3 C
KSS PSYC
PSYC		 21211
40111		 Psychology of Adjustment   or
Abnormal Psychology		 3 C
  PTST 10002 Analysis of Movement 4 C
KSS SOC 12050 Introduction to Sociology 3 C
  Kent Core Composition 3 C
  Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts 3 C
  Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning 3-5 C
   MINIMUM TOTAL:  69  
  1. US 10097 is not required of transfer students with 25 credits (excluding College Credit Plus and dual-enrollment) or students age 21+ at time of admission.
  2. Enrollment in these courses is limited to students accepted to technical study, which is a selective process. Students who have met the following criteria will be considered for acceptance: admission to the university; any prescribed developmental coursework; a minimum of 40 volunteer hours in a minimum of 2 different occupational therapy settings; high school or college courses in algebra and general biology; and a minimum 2.70 GPA.
  3. Students who have successfully completed BSCI 20020 Biological Structure and Function may use that course in place of BSCI 11020 Foundational Anatomy and Physiology II. They are still required to take BSCI 11010 Foundational Anatomy and Physiology I. Students who have successfully completed ATTR/EXSC 25057/25058 Human Anatomy and Physiology I/II may use those courses in place of BSCI 11010/11020 Foundational Anatomy and Physiology I/II


Note: Clinical education must be successfully completed within 18 months of the didactic coursework.